IFOAM | Organizations involved in Organic Agriculture in Kenya

	Organizations involved in Organic Agriculture in Kenya



	Community Mobilization Against Desertification (C-MAD) Contact person: Kassim Were Ali Email of the contact person: k.were@cmadkenya.org Permanent email: c_madkenya@yahoo.com or info@cmadkenya.org Postal address: 155-40404, Rongo Phone: +254 203 58 25 02 Web: www.cmadkenya.org Year of Foundation: 1995 Mission: C-MAD strives to enable communities in Kenya improve their livelihoods, live a dignified, healthy and prosperous life through capacity building, collaboration and service delivery. Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: Local Organic Agriculture related main activities: General promotion of organic agriculture Food security Women’s rights empowerment Local organic market development Education and training on organic agriculture Rural development/Poverty Alleviation Climate change Combating desertification Community Sustainable Development Empowerment Programme (COSDEP) Contact person: Stanley Ng'ethe Kinyanjui Permanent email: coskenya@yahoo.com Postal address: P.O. Box 132-00621 Nairobi KENYA Phone: +254 203 53 71 64 Web: http://cosdep.wordpress.com Year of Foundation: 2001 Mission: To restore and enhance food, nutrition and security in central Kenya. Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: Regional Organic Agriculture related main activities: General promotion of organic agriculture Food security Education and training on organic agriculture Gitundu Gataro organic Group (GGOG) Contact person: Moses Gichuru Ndiritu Email of the contact person: kingsolo54@hotmail.com Permanent email: kingsolo54@yahoo.com Postal address: PO Box 15199 Nakuru 20100 Phone: +254 722 34 31 66 Fax: +254 202 37 23 68 Year of Foundation: 1993 Mission: Spread the need and the benefit of organic farming as panacea of environmental, health, sustainable farming practice and food security answer to the depleted and wailing mother earth. Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: National Organic Agriculture related main activities: General promotion of organic agriculture Food security Advocacy and lobbying against GMOs International marketing and trade on organic agriculture Local organic market development Education and training on organic agriculture Rural development/Poverty Alleviation Extension on organic agriculture Consumer awareness of organic products Nutrition and Health Climate change Combating desertification Kenya Organic Agriculture Network Contact person: Eustace Kiarii, National Co-ordinator Permanent email: ekiarii@koan.co.ke Postal address: P.O. Box 72461-00200 Nairobi KENYA Phone: +254 20 261 0863 Web: www.koan.co.ke Year of Foundation: 2004 Mission: To coordinate, facilitate and provide leadership and professional services to all members and other stakeholders in the organic agriculture industry in Kenya. Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: National Organic Agriculture related main activities: General promotion of organic agriculture Advocacy and lobbying against GMOs and against the alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) International marketing and trade on organic agriculture Local organic market development Certification Consumer awareness of organic products Policy review for organic agriculture Climate change Kenya Institute of Organic Farming (KIOF) Contact person: John Njoroge Permanent email: kiof@iconnect.co.ke Postal address: P. O. Box 34972 00100 NAIROBI, Kenya Phone: +254 672 50 09 / 24 264 Cell: +254 733 79 90 72/ 81 72 40 Fax: +254 20 41 83 194 Web: www.kiof.org Year of Foundation: Mission: KIOF trains smallholder farmers in organic farming methods using locally available resources, including local indigenous knowledge, for maximum production to feed a growing population. Type of Organization: Scope of the Organization: Organic Agriculture related main activities: Holistic approach to the farming system Composting techniques Planting systems Crop storage Animal husbandry Crop protection and soil conservation Kenya Organic Agriculture and Enviromental Technologies Institute (KOAETEC) Contact person: Martin N. Wangila Email of the contact person: martinnyongesa75@yahoo.co.uk Permanent email: koaetec2007@yahoo.co.uk Postal address: 646-60100 Phone/Fax: +254 722 35 44 51 Year of Foundation: 2007 Mission: Train, offer extension, advocate, poverty alleviation and marketing development Type of Organization: NGO Scope of the Organization: National Organic Agriculture related main activities: General promotion of organic agriculture Food security Advocacy and lobbying against GMOs and against the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) International marketing and trade on organic agriculture Local organic market development Education, research and training on organic agriculture Certification Rural development/Poverty Alleviation Extension on organic agriculture Consumer awareness of organic products Nutrition and health Policy review for organic agriculture Climate change and combating desertification Food processing Collection from wild Natural 'U' Contact person: Oliver Icharia Email of the contact person: suplog2@yahoo.com Postal address: State House Road P.O. Box 1355 00100 Nairobi Phone: +254 272 58 10 Fax: +254 271 43 22 Web: www.afrimed.org Organic Africa Consultancy (part of Bagenal Associates) Contact person: Sally Bagenal Email of the contact person: sally.bagenal@organic-africa.biz Postal address: P.O Box 63433 Nairobi 00619, Kenya Phone: +254 722 90 30 73 Web: www.organic-africa.biz Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Association Contact person: Zachary Makanya Email of the contact person: pelumkenya@pelum.net Postal address: P.O. Box 1134 Thika, Kenya Phone: +254 673 16 86 Fax: +254 673 55 Web: www.pelum.net Centre for Research in Environment Kenya Contact person: Nicholas Ngece Email of the contact person: creek_kenya@yahoo.com Postal address: PO Box 19844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 722 40 75 58 Sustainable Agriculture Community Development Programme Contact person: J. Ngugi Mutura Email of the contact person: sacdepkenya@iconnect.co.ke Postal address: Upper Hill Road Next Central Memorial Hospital P.O.Box 1134 Thika 01000, Kenya Phone: +254 15 13 05 41 Fax: +254 673 55 Web: www.sacdepkenya.org IFOAM is constantly updating the information on this website. Please contact the African Office Coordinator with your comments or suggestions.




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